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NO. 723,421. I PATENTED MAR.24, 1903.

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- APPLICATION TILED JULY 9, 1902. no MODEL. '2' snnmssnnm z;-

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ALEXANDER STRENITZ OF VIENN A, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY, ASSIGNOR OF ON E- HALF TO ARTUR DUF'FEK, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,421, dated March 24, 1903.

Application filed July 9, 1902. Serial No. 114.863. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER STRENITZ, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-H11 ngary,

residing at Vienna, in the Province of Lower Austria, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appliances or Toys for Imparting Motion to Objects, such asv Toy Soldiers and the Like; and I do hereby declare the fol- 1o lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, and to let- 15 ters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object an appliance or toy by means of which a number of objects-such as toy soldiers, men on horseback, or the likecan onmoving the toy on a rough surface be made to turn simultaneously upon their own axes or upon another axis and also to move in straight lines. The toy thus enables various military exercises to be carried out, such as changing front, marching in single or double file, wheeling, and the like, as also marching in straight line in any desired direction, whereby the toy difiers advantageously from similar known constructions,as with these the figures can only move in certain prescribed directions.

On the accompanying drawingsare shown various arrangements for carrying out the said invention.

Figures 1 and 2 show one arrangement of the appliance or toy respectively in plan and longitudinal section. Figs. 3, and 4 show a plan and section of another arrangement.

Fig. 5 shows a difierent combination of the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Figs.

6 and 7 show a plan and section of anothermode of construction.

The toy is composed of thin bars provided with tongues that first project at right angles from the bars and then extend at an angle of about forty-five degrees, the extremities being adapted to carry the figures either directly or by means of suitable attaching devices.

In the arrangementshown at Figs. 1 and? the bars provided with tongues c constitute part of a frame a, on which are small studs b, serving as handles by which the frame can be held and shifted. about. The part of the tongues c joining onto the bars is at right angles to the latter, while the end part thereof forms an angle of about forty-five degrees with the bars. The bars are arranged parallel to each other and the tongues are also parallel to each other. At the free ends of the tongues are pins or small bent-up pieces 61, on which aremounted the figures bymeans of holes formed eccentrically to their bases f, so that the greater partof such bases rest upon the supporting-surface on which the frame a is laid, such as a rough table-surface. When the frame is slid upon the said sup porting-surface, the figures are carried along with it and in being thus moved they turn upon the pins d at each change of direction of the frame, while remaining more or less parallel to each other. At Fig. 1 the dotted rectangles show those positions of the bases f of the figures mounted on the pins d which they will assume when theframe is moved in the direction of the arrow shown at the side of the respective rectangles.

In order to cause. the figures always to stand with the greater part of their bases upon the supporting-surface and to prevent them from falling when they strike against the tongues, the latter are provided with projecting stops 9 and h, which limit the turning motion of the figures.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show a modified form of the frames, in which there is only a single row of the tongues, the frames being capable of being connected together by means of hooks i.

In the arrangement shown at Figs. 6 and 7 9c: the toy consists of two fiat bars n and p, and the bars a are provided with the bent tongues c, which bars have inclined arms a These arms are pivotally connected to the bar it at the point 0 and to the bar 1) at q,.so that on 5 shifting the bars n and p relatively to each other the projections 17. cause the bars a, with their tongues c, to move from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 6 into the position shown in dotted lines. At the ends of the rec tongues c are provided crescent-shaped plates k, pivotally connected thereto and having at their ends pins or bent-up pieces (1, on which can be mounted the bases of the figures by means of eccentric holes, as previously described.

In order that the several evolutions and marching movements may be eifected by the shifting of the bars 12 andp in connection with larger figures, such as horse soldiers, the crescent-shaped plates 70 are provided at their middles with pins or projections d and also with hen t-up pieces 70', which latter are in contact with the sides of the basesf, mounted on the pins 01 and thus serve to guide the figures.

I claim 1. A toy for simultaneously tu rniug or moving a plurality of figures, as tin soldiers and the like, in the same direction and also in straight lines, said toy comprising bars and tongues, arranged on said bars, and first projecting therefrom at right angles and then extending at an angle of aboutt'orty-five degrees, said tongues being adapted to carry the figures, means being provided for attaching said figures to said tongues so that they may rotate thereon, the greater partof the base of the figures resting on the supportingsurface, on which the bars are moved, such as a rough table and thelike.

2. A toy forsimultaneously turning or moving a plurality of figures, as tin soldiers and the like, in the same direction and also in straight lines, said toy comprising a frame consisting of bars arranged parallel to each other and connected by side bars, tongues c, projecting from said bars, adapted to carry the figures, the part of the tongues next to the bars being at right angles thereto and the extreme end of said tongues being bent at an 40 angle of about forty-five degrees.

3. Atoyforsimultaneonslyturningor moving a plurality of figures, as tin soldiers and the like, in the same direction and also in straight lines, said toy comprising bars and tongues, the tongues c on said bars, adapted to carry the figures, having stops 9 and h whereby the extent of the turning motion of the figures is limited.

4. Atoyforsimultaneouslyturningor moving a plurality of figures,'as tin soldiers and the like, in the same direction and also in straight lines, said toy comprising a plurality of bars a arranged parallel with each other and tongues c on said bars a, and inclined arms a secured to said bars in combination with two flat bars 4% and p pivotally connected with said arms 60*, so that the bars a may be moved parallel with each other, whereby the tongues c are turned ahout ninety degrees.

5. Atoy forsimultaneously turning or moving a plurality of figures, as tin soldiers and the like, in the same direction and also in straight lines, said toy comprising bars a arranged parallel with each other and adapted to be shifted, inclined arms a attached to said bars and tongues c on said arms, and crescent-shaped plates 70 pivotally arranged at the ends of said tongues and carrying pieces (1 adapted to carry the figures.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER STRENITY.

Witnesses:

JOSEF RUBRASCH, ALVESTO S. HOGUE. 

